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The Daily Ascent

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Welcome to The Daily Ascent. I'm Molly Carmel — and this is the podcast I always wished existed: a bite-sized, on-the-ground spiritual note that can shift your thinking and your outlook on life. Because sometimes, that's all it takes — a small shift in what we choose to believe — to make the day a little better, and to make us a little more awake, alive… and ascending. Each weekday, we climb together — rising above the noise, finding the flow, and getting grounded in what really matters so you can live your day with more meaning, connection, and ease.

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11. Why It's So Hard to Ask for Help with Harry Cunnane 12.05.2021 40:48

Harry Cunane shares his journey from the darkness of addiction - drinking recreationally with friends to blowing cocaine in the bathroom of his high school to scoring opiates in northern Philadelphia stealing money for his drugs and foregoing food - to his incredible yet super normal life today. We talk about why it's so hard to ask for help, how fighting for our lives is the greatest gift we give...

10. Why Self-Compassion and Slip-Ups are Essential for Change with Annie Grace 05.05.2021 37:09

Today I'm talking with my friend, colleague and sober-curious pioneer, Annie Grace. We get into why there's no one solution for everyone, why slip-ups and lapses are essential for change, how self-compassion is the most important tool in your toolbox, and why knowledge, emotion, and action may be the key to breaking your bad habits. Annie Grace is the author of This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol,...

9. Why Toxic Positivity Doesn't Work (and Can Even Make Things Worse) with Dr. Alec Miller 28.04.2021 35:19

In this episode, I have a conversation with my friend Dr. Alec Miller. He's pretty big time in the field of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) having co-developed the DBT treatment for adolescents. Alec has always been someone who I learn a LOT from - he's both brilliant and easy to talk to - and today is no different. We talk all about invalidating ourselves, emotion phobia, why toxic positivit...

8. Let Go of Scale and Body Obsession, You Are Enough with Genevieve Angelson 21.04.2021 40:33

I'm talking with actor, writer and friend Genevieve Angelson. Two girls in eating disorder recovery taking their hearts out, putting them on the table, and seeing what happens. Spoiler alert: it's a lot of laughs and a lot of truth. We get into learning from our slip ups - falling forward as Genevieve calls it, scale and body obsession and the beauty of learning how to just be enough. My heart is...

7. Why Trauma is Even More Normal Than We Think with Kimberly Johnson 14.04.2021 36:35

I got my hands on an early copy of Kimberly Johnson's new book, Call of the Wild, and basically lost my mind. So much insight into the cultural impacts on women and their bodies, why the most intense solution isn't the best, and why trauma is even *more* normal than we think… and may be very much in the way of understanding what we're really craving. Kimberly Johnson is a Sexological Bodyworker,...

6. Meditation is the Key to Your Cravings and Happiness with Bob Roth 07.04.2021 50:27

Bob Roth is a renowned transcendental meditation teacher for people like Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Roberts, Tom Hanks and.. me! He's someone who has changed my life big time and he's also one of the kindest, smartest, most giving and CALMEST people I know. Bob discusses why mediation is the key to so much of our cravings and happiness, why our monkey minds have trouble sitting quietly, if loving yours...

5. Giving Up Isn't an Option: Turn Your Pain Into Something Powerful with Tracy Coval 31.03.2021 44:17

My friend, writer, artist, dancer, and disability advocate, Tracy Coval is here to share her incredible story with us today. Let me say that I left this conversation feeling so full - the intimacy and truth sharing was just what I needed and I hope what you're looking for too. After being wheelchair bound after an accident at the age of 27 (and that's the short story), Tracy adopted the idea that...

4. How Race and Sugar Addiction Intersect with Shun Foreman 24.03.2021 37:43

Shun Foreman is a pal of mine and a registered nurse. Perhaps most important, she's a fierce advocate for sugar addiction and for improving the health of people and communities of color. Shun's journey from nurse to activist is fascinating - all originating from a trip to the plantations of Sugarland, TX, where she had an aha moment that the sugar industry continues to keep her community enslaved....

3. The Importance of Being Selfish with Dr. Brad Reedy 17.03.2021 43:13

Dr. Brad Reedy is a friend, mentor, and pretty awesome therapist, public speaker, author, podcaster and beyond. Brad and I get real on craving authentic connection, why we shouldn't fix other peoples' problems, the art of being selfish, and why shame and guilt doesn't work in healing. He's the kind of person I can sit and listen to and nod my head with and feel super nurtured for hours - and he ca...

2. Finding Your Own Voice and Path When It Comes To A Relationship With Food with Jessica Cording 10.03.2021 41:26

In this episode, I'm talking with my friend Jessica Cording - a registered dietician, health coach and writer. We had a whole list of things to talk about and then the night before the podcast we pivoted to talk about (among other things) cyber bullying in the world of wellness (and how it impacts us as helpers), the stigma around speaking out against intuitive eating, being conditioned by diet cu...

1. How I Overcame An Eating Disorder and Took Control of My Life 10.03.2021 29:46

Welcome to What You're Craving! In this get-to-know-you first date episode I explain the ins and outs of me - I'm a long time eating disorder and addiction therapist who has had a pretty gnarly journey struggling in a destructive relationship with food. I was trying everything I could get my hands on to heal and living a double life as an eating disorder therapist with a serious eating disorder. N...